Search Results: Titles starting with K from Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA

Kappa Kappa Kappa, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Hardcover, 1942. 231 pages. A centenary history (1842 to 1942) of Kappa Kappa Kappa, the Dartmouth local fraternity. Tri-Kap is the oldest local fraternity in the United States. In 2022 (after decades of discussion and debate) the fraternity officially changed its name to Kappa Pi Kappa, to avoid inevitable but incorrect associations with the racist, terrorist group that shared the same English letters acronym (KKK). Full bound light green cloth boards, with gilt lettering and design in a large dark green oval on the front board and spine. Some general surface and edge wear, including some fraying of the cloth at the head and heel of the spine; the spine has also browned a bit. Corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's name "Herman B Noyes" in ink to front free endpaper; "Noyes, H B 1921" is listed in the Member Index. Binding is solid and square.

Books on Tape, 2006. Audiobook. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 6 cassettes, approximately 9.5 hours. Read by Jennifer van Dyck. Ex-library with typical markings; cassetes in good condition. Case is physically sound, with some minor wear; text on rear cover is faded.

Recorded Books, 2007. Good. Unabridged audiobook, Recorded Books. 2007, ISBN 1428142495. Unabridged audiobook on 10 cassettes; 11.5 hours. Narrated by Henry Strozier. Ex-lib with typical markings and wear. From Publishers Weekly review: "Hogan's fourth novel (after the Hammett Award–winning Prince of Thieves) convincingly and movingly brings alive the dying Massachusetts community of Black Falls, which is plagued by a brain drain and by a corrupt, if small, police force. Don Maddox, the town's first (and only) college scholarship recipient, reneged on his obligation to return and work in the community, but 15 years later the prodigal son shows up for his mother's funeral. Oddly, Maddox becomes a part-time auxiliary policeman, clashing often with his superiors. The author soon reveals Maddox's hidden agenda...

Easton Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Signed. As New, in publisher's original shrinkwrap. 1993. Part of the Easton Press Signed First Edition series. Personally signed by Robert Silverberg. Full color illustration by Frank Kelly Freas. Introduction by James Gunn. Full bound in dark green leather. 22kt gold designs and lettering on the hubbed spine and both boards. Smyth sewn pages, with bound satin-ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. Printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this edition. It is acid-neutral and conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute. No jacket as issued.

Oxford , 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, 1911, Oxford University Press. Ex-lib, in original publisher's binding, a solid copy. Full bound burgundy cloth boards with darkened gilt lettering to the spine. Card pocket and withdrawal sheet to rear endpapers; catalog label to spine; library id to various points including plates and tipped in broadside sheet. The library id is formed from letters made up of tiny perforations. A scholarly history of the English and French traditions of the royal divine healing touch, specifically related to the "King's Evil" or srofula, any of a variety of skin diseases including a form of tuberculosis that affects the lymph nodes of the neck. An expanded version of the author's Fitzpatrick lectures at the Royal College of Physicians in 1911. 187 pages, including an appendiz of Royal Proclamations related to the King's Evil, and a full bibliography. Also, a large folding frontis facsimile of a 1679 broadside "The… Read More

Little, Brown and Company, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Large format hardcover. Front and rear portions of the very scarce dust jacket are present though in rough shape, and most of the spine is lacking. Whimsical creatures created from everyday kitchen items, each with a full page color illustration, eight lines of rhyme describing the animal and how to construct it. Numerous small line illustrations scattered throughout. A fairly scarce item and even more so with the dust jacket, incomplete though it is.